Alabama softball earns the No. 16 National seed and will host an NCAA regional, welcoming Minnesota, Louisiana Tech and Albany to Rhoads Stadium.

The regional begins Friday with Louisiana Tech, 34-22, and Minnesota, 54-3, playing in Game 1 at 1:30 p.m. on WatchESPN.com, followed by the second game of the day, Alabama plays Albany, 27-16, at 4 p.m. CT on the SEC Network.

This is the 19th straight NCAA Tournament appearance for Alabama. Bama is 84-39 (.659) all-time in NCAA Regional play, winning every regional round since 2005, which happens to be the longest active streak in Division I softball.

The Tuscaloosa regional winner will move on to face the winner of the Gainesville regional, hosted by No. 1 Florida.

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LSU went back to work this week in preparation for the Citrus Bowl against Notre Dame. A win would be nice, but this is also a chance to get some freshman playing time to get ready for 2018. Well it'll come in practice only. "Those guys will get more reps. So I'll give them a couple of more reps at the end of a team period. It's sending the wrong message to our football team. It's all focus on winning the game. Exactly what we did last year," said LSU Head Coach Ed Org...More >>

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